bravado, bluster
(noun) a swaggering show of courage
braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade
(noun) vain and empty boasting
bluster
(noun) a violent gusty wind
bluster
(noun) noisy confusion and turbulence; “he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations”
swagger, bluster, swash
(verb) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
(verb) show off
bluster
(verb) blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; “A southeaster blustered onshore”; “The flames blustered”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bluster (countable and uncountable, plural blusters)
Pompous, officious talk.
A gust of wind.
Fitful noise and violence.
• (pompous talk): bombast
bluster (third-person singular simple present blusters, present participle blustering, simple past and past participle blustered)
To speak or protest loudly.
To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.
To blow in strong or sudden gusts.
• Butlers, Struble, brustle, bustler, butlers, subtler, turbels
Source: Wiktionary
Blus"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blustering.] Etym: [Allied to blast.]
1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering round. Milton.
2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage. Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. Burke.
Blus"ter, v. t.
Definition: To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully. He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. Sir T. More. As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. Fuller.
Blus"ter, n.
1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness. To the winds they set Their corners, when with bluster to confound Sea, air, and shore. Milton.
2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. L'Estrange.
Syn.
– Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 January 2025
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